NH the 4th least anti-pot state in the country!

[FTL_Ian]

http://forum.freestateproject.org/index.php?topic=12439.0

[Dave Ridley]

NH also has highest per capita pot *use*

[d_goddard]

Eschewing the double-negative makes the point clearer:

NH among the most POT-FRIENDLY states in the county!

[Money Dollars]

This isn't right. You are talking about the residents of the state, not the state....
NH pot laws are pretty horrible. The state is very anti-pot.

You should be saying something like:
Granite staters among the most POT-FRIENDLY state residents in the county!

[Rocketman]

This isn't right. You are talking about the residents of the state, not the state....
NH pot laws are pretty horrible. The state is very anti-pot.

You should be saying something like:
Granite staters among the most POT-FRIENDLY state residents in the county!

Which county?

I think Ian is suggesting that we will have popular support for scaling back and maybe even eliminating the drug laws...

[Money Dollars]

should be country......and that would be U.S.A....

I didn't pick up on that suggestion at all.

[Tyler Stearns]

We have to start changing the laws to meet the wishes of the people then.  Under current rules one ounce of marijuana will get you up to 7 years and $100,000.  Negligent Homicide and Second Degree Assault also get you 7 years.  Doesn't sound very appropriate to me.

[citizen_142002]

I hate to wave the incrementalist banner, but the legislators who push a decrim bill shouldn't go for broke. Let's just try to get those penalties less draconian.
Of course pot decrim activists shouldn't be incrementalist at all in their calls. You can't be accused of hiding an agenda if yours isn't hidden. Medical Marijuana proponents always seem to want to hide the fact that most in their movement want pot to be legal for all uses. Why is that something people would want to hide?

I think the populace of NH is much more polerant of MJ than the laws indicate. It is one part of New Hampshire law, where we have a lot of work to do.

[aries]

In the course of a reasonable discussion I think 60-75% of NH residents will agree that decriminalization of marijuana is the way to go... I think this figure is representative of most of the united states.

Unfortunately at the ballots, 15-30% of residents, or their representatives will actually vote to decriminalize.

[FTL_Ian]

I wasn't suggesting anything, just copying a thread from the FSP forum.  Though that's a nice suggestion.

Legislators absolutely SHOULD push for full deregulation of marijuana.  It's the right thing to do.  Clearly the NH population is onboard.

[Transition Force]

In the course of a reasonable discussion I think 60-75% of NH residents will agree that decriminalization of marijuana is the way to go... I think this figure is representative of most of the united states.

Unfortunately at the ballots, 15-30% of residents, or their representatives will actually vote to decriminalize.

Solution : get that other 45% to go vote!

[aries]

In the course of a reasonable discussion I think 60-75% of NH residents will agree that decriminalization of marijuana is the way to go... I think this figure is representative of most of the united states.

Unfortunately at the ballots, 15-30% of residents, or their representatives will actually vote to decriminalize.

Solution : get that other 45% to go vote!

I was generally speaking of voters.

Somehow they can come to rational conclusions, yet area afraid of actually seeing what they think become reality

[d_goddard]

I hate to wave the incrementalist banner, but the legislators who push a decrim bill shouldn't go for broke.
[...]
I think the populace of NH is much more tolerant of MJ than the laws indicate.

The second sentence means the first one should be ignored.

It would be one thing if we were taking a stand on principle for, say, methamphetamine.
But this is MJ, which nearly everybody knows is not harmful, and not addictive.

This is a case where we just need to motivate people into calling their Reps and Senators.
We have some of those Reps and Senators on our side already -- the majority of them just need to hear from their constituents, to give them the moral courage to vote for freedom.

I believe we can do this.

[Money Dollars]

Do you even know how many RSAs you would need to change?

[Money Dollars]

But this is MJ, which nearly everybody knows is not harmful, and not addictive.

Then nearly everyone is wrong.
Most MJ is smoked....and that is harmful.

Recent studies in mice would indicate that it may be physically addictive....and it sure can be psychologically addictive.
http://druglibrary.org/crl/behavior/cook-01.pdf
Have you ever seen a pot head jonesing? It's not pretty.